Lex Visigothorum

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Liber_Iudiciorum
Book of the Judgments
Forum Iudicium
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:Visigoths
gptkb:Hispano-Romans
gptkbp:basisFor subsequent Visigothic law codes
gptkbp:citation historical legal studies
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkb:family
gptkb:crime
civil law
property law
inheritance law
procedural law
slavery law
gptkbp:existedUntil gptkb:Christian_Reconquista
12th century in some regions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lex Visigothorum
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Siete_Partidas
Spanish law
medieval Iberian law
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:location gptkb:Septimania
gptkb:Hispania
gptkbp:notableFor abolishing legal distinction between Goths and Romans
unifying law for Visigoths and Hispano-Romans
gptkbp:preservedIn various medieval manuscripts
gptkbp:promotion gptkb:Visigothic_Kingdom
gptkb:King_Recceswinth
gptkbp:promulgationDate 654 AD
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Roman
gptkb:Germanic_law
gptkb:Codex_Euricianus
Breviarium Alaricianum
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Breviary_of_Alaric
gptkbp:significance example of legal syncretism
influenced later European legal traditions
major source for early Spanish law
gptkbp:survivesIn manuscripts
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Germanic_law
gptkb:Visigoth
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6